Hey Mom,

Remember last night around 7:30pm when I hugged you goodbye? You asked “are you going to try dnd get some sleep before your very very early departure to the airport?

I assumed I would toss and turn watching the clock waiting for the 2:30 am alarm go off and scare me when it was expected.

I actually slept!!! The first miracle.

Every-time when we schedule an early flight it seems like a great idea and then when the alarm gets set for 2:30am I rethink the original plan .

My eyes popped open at 2:00 so I retreated to the living room for a hot and glorious caffeinated cup of coffee, I prayed for our trip and felt thankful for the opportunity to go. Our friends asked us to join them almost 10months ago so it’s been a long time to wait.

Traffic was not an issue and the turnpike is often trouble.

We checked bags, strolled through TSA security and settled in to wait for our flight.

Boarded……

Settled in with ear buds, movie selections and a book for a long flight across the the county to San Diego. Before even taking off, our next flight has already been cancelled and moved and we instantly went from lunch in San Diego to a very short wait for our flight to Seattle. The first flight was uneventful minus when a gentleman almost fell into my lap because he shouldn’t have been up walking around during a bad patch of turbulence.

No time for lunch so it was a banana on the go, a packed chomps beef stick and a protein bar.

While our first flight was 5 1/2 hours, the second flight was 3 hours and we arrived in Seattle around 2:30pm. we grabbed an uber to take us into the city to our hotel.

Don’t lay down. We were all getting sleepy!

So we take off and walk to the historic Pike Place Market but before we leave, it’s National Root beer Day and the hotel was giving out root beer floats. Did we want one? Yes of course!

The walk to Pike Place Market was short but Seattle is full of steep roads and I believe I might be out of shape .

We found the infamous GREAT GUM WALL OF SEATTLE! Was it gross? Well yes it was. But we still participated!!

Meat sticks and bananas were definitely wearing off so we found a place for dinner.

Well it’s 6:22PM in Seattle which means it’s 9:22 at home. It’s early but we are going to bed.

I’ll write more tomorrow. I hope everyone at home is happy and healthy.

Much love,

Sis